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Money Talks: Credit Score
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Lenders often use credit scores to help decide if they will extend credit to consumers. We talk about what does and doesn't affect your credit score.
10 Credit Score Myths and Truths Behind Them was our guide for this show. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/credit/10-credit-score-myths-and-the-truths-behind-them/ss-BBMDIAM
The 3 credit reporting agencies each have websites with consumer information about credit scores:
https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/credit/score/
https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/
https://www.transunion.com/credit-score
The 2 companies that calculate your credit score are:
VantageScore https://www.vantagescore.com/
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